Economic Security & Opportunity

Economic Security & Opportunity

About ESO:

In Alameda County, nearly one in five people live at or below the poverty line, and the gap between the “haves and have nots” is widening each year, according to the county’s Health Department. The East Bay Community Law Center provides legal assistance to intervene in legal crises, remove barriers to education and employment, and provide pathways to greater economic opportunity and independence. EBCLC’s holistic approach to economic justice, the Economic Security & Opportunity (ESO) Program, includes:

Clean Slate Clinic, a Reentry Legal Services Project that helps people who have had contact with the criminal justice system overcome barriers to employment, housing, education, and civic participation; and

Community Economic Justice Clinic, a community economic development program that assists low-income workers and entrepreneurs create environmentally sustainable and worker-owned businesses.

All three ESO projects provide vital legal services aimed at improving the economic independence and sustainability of Alameda County families and individuals.

PLEASE NOTE that the Economic Security and Opportunity practices have moved to 1950 University Ave, Suite 200, Berkeley, CA 94704 as of 12/18/2017